The Elements of Editing

by Arthur Plotnik

Book Overview

Editing. Professional skills for editing. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 002047430X
• ISBN13: 9780020474302
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.2" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Great tool for smart editor

Plotnick's book may be a tad dated, but his insight into the process of editing and the relationships formed about editors and the rest of the publishing crew are insightful and sound. The book doesn't pretend to be an exhaustive look at the minutiae of editing, but rather to set the stage for the intelligent person to gain context on what goes into making a good editor, along with some of the frustrations along the way. Good primer for the editor's shelf. I've been in the business about 20 years and wish I'd had something like this when I started out.